2018 Addiction Health Summit
June 7-9, 2018
Hosted by Florida Society of Addiction Medicine (FSAM)
& Florida Medical Professional Group (FMPG)
The 2018 Addiction Health Summit is a two and one half day conference that brings together like-minded people from a variety of addiction arenas – physicians, professionals, policy makers, advocates, friends-of-recovery and people-in recovery. Blending medical and professional education with real-world recovery experience and fellowship, our aim is to serve, unite and synergize, while enjoying our time together!
Featured Speakers
Sam Quinones
Thursday, June 7, 3:00PM-5:00PM, Dreamland: America’s Opiate Epidemic and How We Got Here.
Sam is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. His career as a journalist has spanned almost 30 years. He lived for 10 years as a freelance writer in Mexico, where he wrote his first two books. In 2004, he returned to the United States to work for the L.A. Times, covering immigration, drug trafficking, neighborhood stories, and gangs. His most recent book is Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Bloomsbury Press. Dreamland has won multiple publishing awards for its stunning expose of the influence of Big Pharma had in promoting the use of opiods setting the stage for the entrepreneurial Mexican black tar herion market to prosper in middle America.
Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S
Friday, June 8, 8:30AM-10:00AM, Addressing Sexual Addictions During Substance Treatment & The Role Sexual Addiction Plays in Successful Overall Treatment.
Saturday, June 9, 8:30AM-10:00AM, Role of Sex Addictions in Recovery.
Robert is a digital-age intimacy and relationships expert specializing in infidelity and addictions—most notably sex, porn, and love addiction. An internationally acknowledged clinician, he frequently serves as a subject expert on human sexuality for multiple media outlets including CNN, HLN, MSNBC, The Oprah Winfrey Network, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and NPR, among others. He is the author of several highly regarded books, including “Out of the Doghouse: A Step-by-Step Relationship-Saving Guide for Men Caught Cheating,” “Sex Addiction 101: A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex, Porn, and Love Addiction,” “Sex Addiction 101: The Workbook,” and “Cruise Control: Understanding Sex Addiction in Gay Men.” Currently, he is CEO of Seeking Integrity, LLC, being developed as an online resource for recovery from infidelity and sexual addiction.
Registration Now Open for the Addiction Health Summit 2018
Contact AK Consulting Group
(850) 523-4200
Amy Karimipour: Amyk@akconsultinggroup.org
Annette Kariko: Annette@akconsultinggroup.org